In recent years, with advancements in technology, the lines between different aspects of people lives have become increasingly blurred, to the point that work-life balance is not possible for most modern workers. Through the analysis of the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ Fortune 500 companies to work for, this US study argues that ‘work–life flexibility’ is what is important to modern workers, and that the best companies are already recognizing and supporting this through time benefits offered to employees and governance structures used to support these benefits.
Key Topics: Work-life balance; Work-life flexibility; Time Benefits 
Barcelona and Real Madrid are dominant forces in world soccer as well as domestically in Spain, but what role does reward management play in their success and what can organizations learn from their successful team reward strategies? With organizations increasingly utilizing team work in order to increase company performance and competitive advantage there are some key lessons that they can learn from two of the most successful teams in world sport today.
Key Topics: Team performance; Pay-for-performance; Pay dispersion, Merit pay; Bonuses The Powerful Influence Of Managers and Co-workers On Employees’ Perceptions Of HR Practices26/7/2019
The importance of HR practices in directing employee behavior is in little doubt, however employees’ perceptions of HR practices, such as pay for performance, can often differ considerably, making it difficult for companies to predict how they will influence behavior. Examining the variability in employees’ perceptions of HR practices, a study of employees in the Insurance and Public sectors found that employees’ perceptions of HR practices were closely related to managers’ and coworkers’ perceptions of HR practices, with those more demographically similar to employees having the greatest influence over their perceptions of HR practices.
Key Topics: Perceptions of HR practices; Demographic similarity 
Companies have more tools at their disposal now than ever before to elicit improved employee performance, but are the basics of meaningful work being forgotten? A study of Chinese administrative workers sought to examine the importance of job meaningfulness to workers, as well as both financial and recognition incentives on employee performance. All three factors were found to positively impact performance, with meaning found to be most significant in eliciting the greatest performance gains. These factors were also found to interact with each other in interesting ways.
Key Topics: Job meaning; Financial rewards; Recognition; Employee performance 
With companies constantly striving for competitive advantage, continued innovation is central to the success of many companies. A Chinese study examined innovative employee behavior across multiple industries and the role of contextual and dispositional factors in this behavior. The study found that innovation job requirements and employee intrinsic interest in innovation had a significant impact on employee innovative behavior, and furthermore that reward could play an important role in eliciting innovative behavior.
Key Topics: Perceived innovation job requirement; Innovative behavior; Intrinsic interest in innovation; Rewards Will Employees Be Satisfied With More Flexible Benefits? It Could Depend On Their Personality22/7/2019
Companies are increasingly moving to more flexible employee benefits systems and giving employees more control over their benefits, based on the assumption that this will result in greater employee satisfaction with benefits. But is this assumption unfounded? A study of Spanish employees examined the role of personality traits in the relationship between benefits flexibility and benefits satisfaction. The results indicated that personality traits, particularly self-efficacy and internal locus of control, moderated the relationship between benefit flexibility and benefit satisfaction.
Key Topics: Flexible benefits; Benefit satisfaction; Personality traits; Self-efficacy; Internal locus of control |
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